Well there's no doubt autumn is here, the weather is reminding us that those hot sunny days of blue skies and fluffy clouds are over for this year and its time to get the jumpers, boots and waterproof jackets out. The weather aside autumn is a great time in the garden so don't abandon it just yet. There a some fabulous plants that flower now (just visit the nursery to see what you can be growing), the autumn colours on trees and shrubs are ramping up and there's some lovely autumn flowering bulbs too. Berries and crab apples add interest and ornamental grasses are in their prime. Not sure what to plant, just ask when you visit and we are always happy to help.
BULBS ARE IN 
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Bulbs for naturalising – these need to be strong and tough to naturalise in amongst established grass. We have successfully built up large plantings of three different Camassia in our wild flower banks here in the nursery. Daffodils and crocus also appear in the orchard every year. You can also try Fritallaria (which we have as bulbs) and the deep blue muscari which we have available in pots.
Bulbs for shade – Galanthus (snowdrops) are the obvious one here and we have a couple of varieties as bulbs and also doubles and singles available in pots. We have a lovely patch of anemone blanda and cyclamen coum growing in the woodland garden which get bigger every year.
Bulbs for early colour – by the time we are into late winter we are desperate for colour and this is where bulbs excel. If you choose the right varieties you can have daffodils flowering from January right through to June. The reticulata Iris and crocus are also perfect for early interest and come in so many colours too.
Bulbs for indoors – too cold to venture outside then bring the garden in with hyacinths for a shock of colour or paperwhite daffodils for their strong scent and lovely white flowers.
Bulbs for something a bit more unusual – we all love something a bit different in the garden and bonus if they are easy to grow too. These bulbs will add interest to the spring garden and be a talking point too.
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So put next Saturday in your diary and come and get some amazing bargains.
Keep an eye on the night time temperatures ~ as these can suddenly drop as we head further into autumn. Make plans and get bubble wrap, fleece and space in your greenhouse, shed or out house ready to shelter more tender plants in winter.
If you have a pond cover it ~ with a net to prevent leaves dropping in. This reduces them rotting on the bottom of the pond, creating toxic gasses and reducing the oxygen in the water.
If you have a greenhouse ~ clean the glass before you re-fill it with plants for winter. This will let as much light as possible in over the darker winter months. Get your bubble wrap attached before you put plants back in, its so much easier than fitting around the plants.
Make lists and plans ~ of what needs moved, removed or replace while you can still see everything growing. Then you can spend enjoyable winter evenings with plant and seed catalogues planning for the coming year.
As
I started writing this week’s round up I realised I hadn’t done one last week,
but its much the same as this week as we are well into our main propagation and
as I type we are into A’s and will get this huge task finished this week. Fiona
Isabel and I have been dividing plants from the gardens or in pots, saving
seeds, doing cuttings and potting up rooted pieces of plants from the gardens.
The tunnels are all full and its very satisfying to see and know (hopefully) on
the other side of winter we will have lots of plants for our customers.
Another
exciting event this week was the arrival of the spring bulbs. We’ve got them
all labelled and set up for sale and they were selling well over the weekend
but don’t worry we still have plenty left.
We
had a successful border design workshop last Saturday, this is always sold out
and we had a great group who contributed lots of ideas and great chat.
I’ve
also been checking that all the plants are still planted and making a list of
those that need replaced or replanted else where if not doing well as we work
through the stock list.
David
and I have started the strimming, a big autumn job that we usually start in
October and often finish after our holiday in November. But I want to get it
done earlier this year for several reasons -We
need to reduce the amount of weed seed that populates the gravel in the
sales area along the top of the herb bamk and the herb garden its self, so I am
hoping we have strimmed the bank before it scatters it sseeds everywhere, even
a reduction in the amount of weeding would be great! The longer we leave the
strimming the woodier the plants get, so this time it was much easier and
quicker. So we have done two out of the four areas we have to strim already and
ain to have it all done before we close in a months time.
There
is still so much colour in the nursery gardens and the bees are making the most
of the sedums, Aconitums and many other plants and there are plenty butterflies
about too. There is still 5 weeks to come and visit before we close for winter
to enjoy the gardens and buy some plants and bulbs and our autumn sale starts
26th September with many half price bargains to be had.
We
are enjoying the very sweet bountiful harvest of grapes form my old vine which
I planted in tunnel 2 to provide shade. Its been moved about a bit and
neglected over the past few years but is now into year 2 in the tunnel and
rejuvenated bearing over 20 perfect small bunches of grapes.
So autumn is here, its my favourite season, and we are embracing all it brings in the nursery and gardens, be it cooler mornings, autumn leaves, late flowers, bulbs for planting and lots of lovely plants for sale which are great for autumn or a warming coffee from Whitmuir cafe.
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for autumn projects. Into the rucksack they went along with a handful of giant redwood cones I found earlier on the walk under a towering redwood planted along the river bank. |
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